Talk:Birkenhead Woodside railway station

Merseyside Low‑importance

	North West England portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Merseyside, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Merseyside-related articles. In so doing it works and collaborates with its mother project WikiProject UK Geography. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. Please also feel free to join in the discussions on the project's talk page.MerseysideWikipedia:WikiProject MerseysideTemplate:WikiProject MerseysideMerseyside articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Trains: Stations / in UK Low‑importance

Trains Portal

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Trains, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to rail transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. See also: WikiProject Trains to do list and the Trains Portal.TrainsWikipedia:WikiProject TrainsTemplate:WikiProject Trainsrail transport articles

Low

This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Associated projects or task forces:
/
	This article is supported by WikiProject Stations.
	This article is supported by WikiProject UK Railways (assessed as Low-importance).

" However, as with many other stations and rail routes in the UK, the then Chairman of the British Railways Board, Dr Richard Beeching, found the need for the terminus superfluous, as most of the routes served could also be taken from Liverpool Lime Street station, on the other side of the River Mersey"

No real evidence for this statement. Woodside was used for services to Chester, Wrexham, Shrewsbury, Birmingham and London Paddington. The services to stations south of Chester were withdrawn altogether and it can't really be said that this was because they were also served from Liverpool (only Birmingham was served directly from Liverpool). The Chester services were truncated, starting from Rock Ferry instead. It's probably more accurate to say that the former Great Western route from London to the Midlands and the North was downgraded (and partly closed) and Woodside was closed because of this. However in the absence of EVIDENCE it might be better not to speculate either way.

Exile (talk) 19:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]